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Friday, November 20, 2009 10:32 PM

United Kingdom

Type: Country
Name: United Kingdom
population: 59,889,408
First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 14 Documents (in Environment)
Car production falls
Car production fell last month, but the decline was the smallest this year, new figures have confirmed.A total of 106,400 cars were made in the UK in October 2009 - down 6.7% on the October 2008 figure, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ... [Teletext - 3 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 12 Documents (in Environment)
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Forum for the Future
Newcastle 'most sustainable city'
Newcastle has beaten places with 'greener' reputations to come top in an annual league of Britain's most sustainable cities.The league table produced by sustainable development organisation Forum for the Future showed Newcastle outperformed previous winners ... [Virgin Media - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 33 Documents
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European Union
EU leaders choose Belgian as EU President and British as EU Foreign Minister
BRUSSELS (EJP)---European Union leaders choose Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first permanent EU president at an informal summit meeting in Brussels on Thursday.Before they made the choice, European Socialist leaders, including British ... [European Jewish Press - 15 hours ago]
First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 4 Documents
BRIEF-RMS sees UK flood damage 'far lower' than 2007
LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. risk-modelling company Risk Management Solutions:* Says damage from UK floods likely to be 'far lower' than in 2007(London Equities Newsroom; +44 20 7542 7717)COPYRIGHT ... [Forbes.com - 6 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 8 hours ago - 9 Documents (in Internet & IT)
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Andrew Adonis
UK government funding for electric car charging points
November 2009 UK Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis has invited cities and businesses to join together to bid for US$49.5 million in funding for the installation of charging points on streets, car parks and in commercial, retail and leisure facilities. ... [Intelligent Transport System - 8 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 8 Documents
= UPDATE: UK Public Sector Borrowing Hits Record For October
(Adds economist comment, political context)The U.K. public sector reported its largest deficit on record in October, while tax receipts fell for the 13th successive month and welfare costs surged, underlining the continuing deterioration of the government ... [Individual.com - 14 hours ago]
First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 14 Documents
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The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)
Police Slam Tory Commissioner Plans
One of the UK's top policemen has warned Tory plans to introduce locally elected commissioners could prompt mass resignations from constabulary chiefs nationwide.Association of Chief Police Officers President, Sir Hugh Orde said police independence was ... [Build.co.uk - 4 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 15 hours ago - 26 Documents
Government deficit now increasing at £3bn a week
The Government’s deficit is now increasing at a rate of almost £3 billion a week, it has emerged, in a blow to Gordon Brown.Barely 24 hours after Mr Brown pledged to halve Britain’s record budget deficit within four years, official figures revealed that ... [Telegraph - 15 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 7 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Environment)
Hundreds Evacuated in UK, Ireland Storms
The rains that have caused flooding, destruction and evacuations throughout the UK and Ireland will ease today, but more rain is store for the area tomorrow. The downpours that swept across parts of northwestern England and southwestern Scotland caused ... [AccuWeather.com - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 7 Documents
London Markets: British shares edge lower, broker changes eyed
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- British stocks edged lower on Friday, with broker downgrades weighing on shares of several travel firms and Rio Tinto.The U.K. FTSE 100 index /quotes/comstock/23i!i:ukx (UK:UKX 5,251, -16.29, -0.31%) closed down 0.3% at 5,251.41. ... [MarketWatch - 3 hours ago]
First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 Documents
UK-Barcelona grows five-fold in 15 years; LCCs dominate as BA and Iberia only serve London
In 1991, the year before the city held the Olympics, the number of passengers travelling between the UK and Barcelona (which in this analysis includes El Prat and Girona airports) was less than three-quarters of a million. Just 15 years later, this figure ... [anna aero - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 5 Documents
Sterling falls sharply as debt concerns weigh
* Sterling falls on UK debt concerns, waning risk appetite* Pound down more than 1 pct vs dlr, hits 2-wk low $1.6460* Euro rises above 90 pence to 1-week highLONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Sterling fell sharply on Friday, falling more than 1 percent to a ... [Reuters UK - 5 hours ago]

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Andrew Harrison, Chief Executive, RadioCentre, said: "The Radioplayer brings together all of the UK's radio output in one online console. This is a breakthrough for listeners and an attractive new proposition for advertisers."
BBC opens up internet radio [Radio Today - 16 mins ago]
The Foreign Office says it is aware of the film. 'Any such video will be distressing for the family,' it said in a statement. "The UKUK Government's policy is clear: we do not make substantive concessions to hostage takers, including the payment of ransoms. These are innocent tourists. We seek the immediate release of Paul and Rachel." Pirates have plagued the busy shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia for several years
UK hostages fear they will die soon [ONE News - 18 mins ago]
In a message to local officials, Queen Elizabeth II said she was "deeply concerned and saddened by the dreadful flooding across Britain." British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Barker "was a very heroic, very brave man."
Floods after Britain's heaviest-ever rainfall [New Zealand Herald - 18 mins ago]

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East Anglia, the next chapter [ZDNet - 15 mins ago]
BBC opens up internet radio [Radio Today - 16 mins ago]
Olevels could be reintroduced in schools [Telegraph - 16 mins ago]
UPDATE: UK Probes Suspected ... [Morningstar UK - 16 mins ago]
Lack of M&A business cuts Linklaters' revenue [Times Online - 16 mins ago]
Kidnapped Britons: we could be dead in a week [Times Online - 17 mins ago]
Slate writers and editors debate the ramificati... [Slate Magazine - 17 mins ago]
BRIEF-Everton amends stock option plan [Interactive Investor International - 17 mins ago]
U.S. demands Iran give positive response to UN ... [Xinhua News Agency - 17 mins ago]
UK hostages fear they will die soon [ONE News - 18 mins ago]
Affordable energy isn’t only target of climate ... [Oil and Gas Journal - 18 mins ago]
RBS Launches $7B In UK Govt-Backed Bonds ... [Morningstar UK - 18 mins ago]
Video recap of weekly search buzz :: november 2... [TechNews.AM - 18 mins ago]
Floods after Britain's heaviest-ever rainfall [New Zealand Herald - 18 mins ago]
BRIEF-Schneider Power Q3 results [Interactive Investor International - 18 mins ago]
Tandberg makes events accessible on the Web [IT-Online - 18 mins ago]
10 Reasons the Belgians Hate the British [ABC News - 18 mins ago]
Map: Great British Weekends [Times Online - 18 mins ago]
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Cornelius launches second virtual cosmetics exh... [Cosmetics Business - 19 mins ago]
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Irish Supermodel Suzanne McCabe Would Rather Go... [ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip - 53 mins ago]
It’s been raining fur-free ads from PETA lately — and to cap off the week, we’ve got Irish supermodel Suzanne McCabe striking a pose. The shot is actually a collaboration ...
Global Climate Change Hoax: The Greatest Fraud ... [Atlas Shrugs - 53 mins ago]
How hard will the corrupt activist media work to bury this explosive story? Many of us have exposed the hoax of climate change by legitimate, responsible scientists ...
The Green Quote: Roger Moore Named PETA UK ‘Per... [ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip - 1 hour ago]
“I am deeply touched and thrilled to be awarded the PETA U.K. person of the year. When I first saw their video footage on foie gras production three years ago, I ...
Greg Archer: California Bookseller says 'Sarah ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 1 hour ago]
Leave it to a spunky Northern California bookseller to steal some of the thunder away from Sarah Palin. Bookshop Santa Cruz, located in Downtown Santa ...
Goethe capers [Oliver Kamm - 1 hour ago]
I wrote in my Pedant column last month about the quotation from Goethe that Gordon Brown had used for his Labour conference speech. I hadn't marked the PM down as ...
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Audio/Video

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Severe Rain Causes Flood Chaos In Northern England [Sky News - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Hughes relishing Anfield clash [ITN News - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Extreme Weather [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 3 hours ago]
Sick Pets Get High-tech Health Care [Associated Press - YouTube - 4 hours ago]
Amplified London: Speech DeBelle [ABC News - YouTube - 4 hours ago]
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